Thistle is an annual or biennial herb that was originally born in southern Europe and north Africa. It has been cultivated and used in Europe and Africa for thousands of years and used for folk medicinal plants. The milk thistle is widely used as a medicine for liver disease and cardiovascular disease. The extract of the milk thistle is made from dried fruit of Silybum marianum G. The extract of the product is usually marked as 80 % of the total silymarin.

[pharmacological action]

1. Protection of liver

As the main active ingredient of liver, silymarin has a regenerative effect, which can stimulate the formation of new liver cells and improve liver function. It also has the protective effect of liver cell membrane, preventing cytotoxin infiltrating liver cells and improving the recovery ability of membrane structure defect.

2. The antioxidant

The phenolic hydroxybenzene of silymarin provides hydrogen and has a powerful antioxidant effect. They have the properties of scavenging free radicals and lipid peroxidation activity.

3. The fall hematic fat

Bean milk thistle can inhibit adult rat myocardial cytoplasmic membrane Ca2 + channel, restrain food induced hypercholesterolemia, reduce low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL), increase high density lipoprotein (HDL), can be used for the treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system.

[clinical efficacy]

It is mainly used for viral hepatitis, acute chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver, nutritional metabolic diseases and cardiovascular diseases.

[application profile]

Thistle extract is widely used in the world to treat various kinds of liver diseases. It is also widely used to protect liver libido.